title: [Afterloading contact therapy in childhood tumors].
abstract: Two examples are presented to apply high dose rate afterloading therapy in treatment of tumors in childhood. The AL-therapy can be indicated in tumors in natural or artificial openings of the body that are limited locoregionally or were operated in sano. Applying brachytherapy radiogenic late-effects can be prevented in normal tissue like gonads and skeleton predominantly. On the other hand a tumor dimension greater than the target volume attainable by contact therapy has to be excluded certainly to avoid local recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Strahlentherapieabteilung, Medizinische Akademie Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Alheit
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roesner
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003050:Coccyx; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
vernacular_title: Afterloading-(AL)-Kontakttherapie bei kindlichen Tumoren.